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Ceramics and Pottery Which principle of art is described by the term symmetry?— Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
If the natural color of the wood is not desired, the wood may first be stained, the filler being colored somewhat darker than the stain Procure enough lumber to make all the pieces shown in the detail drawing and finish to the dimensions shown, being careful to make the corresponding pieces exactly alike in order to preserve the perfect symmetry which is necessary in work of this kind.— Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I
At present the interior has less obvious evidence of age than any other English building of its date, but for this the modern restorer is not entirely responsible, as Wyatt rendered much alteration needful, and the design of the work has, as we have remarked elsewhere, a curiously modern quality in its finish and symmetry which is apt to mislead a casual observer FOOTNOTES 1] The headpiece is from an engraving in Walpoole's "British Traveller 2] A paper on this subject was printed in the Wiltshire Archćological Mag., No.— Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum
But a closer examination shows that this lack of symmetry is apparent only when figures VII: VII¹ are considered individually, and apart from the scenes to which they belong.— The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
The symmetry, the neatness, the admirable order of the trees, the abundance and diversity of unknown fruits, their freshness and beauty, delighted me.— The Arabian Nights Entertainments

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